Saturday, 29 August 2015

Thursday, 27 August 2015

The prompt for this week was about layering, whilst still thinking about faces and/or the human form. You can see that there are far more layers on the page on the right. I copied a photo of me when I was about 11 years old and then used one of the current me on the opposite side. I nearly didn't show this spread but, hey, I am not going to produce work that I like all of the time!!

Wednesday, 19 August 2015

Monday, 17 August 2015

I was recently inspired by a blog post by one of my blogger friends, Johanna. She posted a link to a project she carried out a few years back. She decorated 10 x 10cm squares from scraps. Here is the link to her 'Scrap Squares’ blog.

I decided to make a few of my own, using scraps and bits & pieces I have lying around and don't tend to use. I ended up with 18, so I will post three at a time.

Thursday, 13 August 2015

The new theme for August is 'faces, the human form and characters' and the prompt for the first week is 'expressive faces'. I'm not sure mine are that expressive, but here they are.

Having created the background, for the face on the left-hand side, following Roben-Marie Smith's lead, I used some of her pieces: one eye, the nose and the mouth. I then filled in the rest of the face and added the arches and collage. On the right-hand side, I used similar techniques, but painted the face from scratch.

Tuesday, 11 August 2015

I have been away and so am a little behind. Here is my spread for week 30; the prompt was 'Real life'. My ephemera (the theme for July) is actually the first layer - two Gelli plate prints using a Traci Bautista stencil. I then added layers of acrylic paint and some doodling.

Friday, 7 August 2015

I was looking at the PaperArtsy blog and I saw a card made by Anneke de Clerck using the circles set of stamps. It was so simple and yet so striking I decided to make some similar ones. I have not yet added a message so that I have a choice about what occasion to use them for. Here they are.

Some of my art

About Me

I am a self-taught mixed media artist. I discovered my creative side a few years ago when I started card-making. This led me to an increasing interest in the realms of mixed media, and I have loved discovering collage, metal work, journalling, altered art and digital collage.
I am overwhelmed by all the visitors to my blog and want to thank everyone, especially my followers, for your ongoing interest.

Thank you!

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